Description of a human male monster : illustrated by tables, with remarks.

  • Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817.
Date:
[1792]
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Credit: Description of a human male monster : illustrated by tables, with remarks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Unluckily, before I received the monfter from Mr An- derson, he had entrufted the injedtion of its placenta to fome perfon, who had managed it fo negligently, that nothing, he told me, could be determined as to the diftribution or commu- nication of the veflels of the placenta with each other, or with thofe of the placenta of the complete child, or with thofe of the mother. Explanation of the Figures, reprefenting the parts of a human Male Monjler, of its real fize. Fig. I. reprefents the fore view of it entire. A. B. C. A circular mafs, more than two inches thick, which fupplies the place of head, trunk and arms. D. A thimble-like cavity, fomewhat refembling the mouth. E. The umbilical cord. F. G. The penis and preputium. H® I. K. L. M. N. The thighs, legs and feet. Fig. II. In this figure, at the letters A. EL C. D. F. G. H. I. K. L. M. N. the fame parts are reprefented as in fig. I. The ca- vity of the abdomen being laid open by a longitudinal in- cifion, we perceive, O. P. The fmall inteftine. Q. The caput coli, and appendix vermiformis. R. S. T. U. V. The great inteftine. W. X. The right and left ureters. Y. The vefica urinaria and urachus.